Spike (company)

Spike Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社スパイク
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryVideo games
FoundedDecember 1989 (1989-12) (as Mizuki)
April 1997 (1997-04) (as Spike)
DefunctApril 1, 2012 (2012-04-01)
FateMerged with Chunsoft
SuccessorSpike Chunsoft
HeadquartersMeguro, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
  • Mitsutoshi Sakurai (Spike, president)
  • Kiyonori Sawada (Mizuki, president)
  • Maki Kimura (director)
  • Hiroyuki Kaneko (director)
  • Junko Yaguchi (auditor)
  • Koichiro Matsumoto (auditor)
Products
Revenue¥60 million (2012)
Number of employees
99 (2011)
ParentDwango
Websitespike.co.jp at the Wayback Machine (archived March 12, 2012)

Spike Co., Ltd. (株式会社スパイク, Kabushiki-gaisha Supaiku) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Most of the staff were part of Human Entertainment. Human's Fire Pro Wrestling series was acquired by Spike after Human ceased operations. In April 2012, the company merged with Chunsoft to become Spike Chunsoft.